MANY have written on this book's fair pages, I see that almost every one is full; With wishes for all joy to thee, love's gages, The tribute of each friend here you may cull. While one doth warn you in life's darkest regions Of storm and stress an upright man to be, Another hopes that God His angel legions With sunshine and rose-scents may send to thee. 'T is well; for all these things thou 'lt have occasion; Both up and downward Life us leads in part; But whether joy or grief should be thy portion, Forever keep, young friend, thy childlike heart. If this thou hast, all things in one thus wedding, A heart that's pure will give pure lips and hand; Each tear of sorrow thou 'lt some day be shedding God will arrange as pearls on thy life's band. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT; SONG by ROBERT BURNS TO JOHN KEATS, POET, AT SPRING TIME by COUNTEE CULLEN BELLS FOR JOHN WHITESIDE'S DAUGHTER by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE PATRIOTIC MERCHANT PRINCE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 11 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |